Match box



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J. F. YOUNG MATCH BOX Filed Dec. 26, 1922 IN VEN TOR.

v To all Mam mag concern i Patented Sept. 2, 1924.

. A I JESSE F. Y dUN G F NOIBTHPORT, NEBRASKA. I if MATCH BOX. 1

Be it'known that I, JESSE. FIYOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Northport, in. the county of Morrill and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Match Boxes, ofwhichthe following is aspecification.

My invention relates to match boxes and its primary object is to providea receptacle for storing matches, which forms a part of a can of thetype at present commonly used for the sale of tobacco.

The receptacle may be formed integral with the can, or it may be-madeseparate and attached either to the lid or at the bottom thereof.

Another object of my invention resides in providing a match receptacleof the above described character which has convenient means to deliverthe matches singly and without the use of movable lids or other closingdevices, and still another object is to provide a match receptacle foruse in the above described manner which is made of a single piece ofmetal.

With the above and other objects in view, all; of which will fullyappear in the course of the following description, my invention residesin the constructions and arrangements of parts illustrated in theacompanying drawings in the various views of which like parts aresimilarly designated and in which- Figure 1 represents in partiallysectional elevation, a tobacco can having a match box fastened at thebottom end thereof;

Figure 2, a perspective view of the match box in an inverted position;

Figure 3, a transverse section along the line 33, Figure 1;

Figure 4, a similar section taken on the line 14;, Figure 1;

Figure 5, an elevation of the upper portion of a tobacco can showing thematch box connected to the hinged lid thereof;

Figure 6, a section taken on the line 66, Figure 5;

Figure 7, a section along the line 77, Figure 5;

Figure 8, an elevation of the tobacco can drawn to a reduced scale, withthe match box forming an integral part thereof;

Figure 9, a section taken on the line 99, Figure 8; and

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Figure 10, a section alongithe line 1O,

Figure 9.

;Referring first to Figures 1a) a of the.

drawings, the reference character .5 designates a tobacco canof'conventional con- Struction provided at one end with a flanged lid 6hinged asat 7. k r

The bottom 8 of the can is crimped to the body portion 9 of the same andforms a beacllO at the end of the can opposite to that at which the lidis fastened, which in the preferred form of the invention, is employedto fasten'the match box.

The box consists of an oblong shell 12 conforming in longitudinalsectionwith the cross sectional contour of the tobacco can and having at itsopen top channeled flanges 13 adapted to slidingly embrace the oppositesides of the circumferential bead at the bottom of the can.

The ends of the shell are at the edge thereof, extended to provideprongs 1 1 which by entering the depression in the bottom endof the canas shown in Figure 1 aid in holda ing the box against accidentaldisplacement. The sides of the box are convergingly drawn together atthe bottom thereof to form a narrow slot or mouth 15 through which thematches are discharged, and they are severed from the shell at the endsthereof by slits 16 to provide lips 17 of suficient resiliency to permitof their spreading apart for the passage of a match when it is pulleddownwardly through the mouth of the box.

In order to permit of the user taking hold of the matches in thecontainer for the purpose of pulling them through the slot in the bottomof the same, the lips have opposite openings 18 through whichthe fingerand thumb are inserted.

The sides of the container may be roughened as at 19 to provide afriction surface upon which the matches can be struck for the ignitionof their inflammable tips.

In the form of my invention shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7 the container isproportioned at its open side to fit snugly over the lid of the can andit has at one of its longitudinal edges a plurality of curved prongs 20adapted to enter into the openings formed in the side of the can toadmit the hingeknuckles of the lid. In this form of my invention, thematch container moves with the lid and the matches are easiest withdrawnwhen the lid is in the open position.

In the construction illustrated in Figures 8, 9 and 10, the match box isformed by extending the Wall of the tobacco box and the bottom of thelatter is fastened in a bead 21 of said Wall. The construction isillustrative of a convenient manner of forming the match container as anintegral part of the tobacco can and it Will be apparent that othermethods may be resorted to Within the spirit of my invention. v

The match container of the last described form has at one end an opening22 normally closed by a slide 23, by means of which it can be suppliedwith matches.

Having thus described my improved match box-in the best forms at presentknown to me, I desire it understood that variations in details ofconstruction of the container and the means for fastening it eitherremovablv or permanently to the tobacco cans, may be availed of Withoutdeparting from the scope of my invention as defined in the hereuntoappended claim.

hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

An attachment for tobacco boxes comprising a one piece receptacle openat its top for its connection with the box and having end members andside-members formed in tegrally of one piece of metal, the side-me1nberscurving inwardly at the bottom of the receptacle to form a slot for theWithdrawal of matches from the receptacle and the-endmembers of thesides being slit to permitof their moving apart for the passage of amatch between them.

In testimony WhBI'BOfI have afiixedmy signature.

JESSE F. YOUNG.

